Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hampered by the absence of new ideas, the success of current Westerns can only be judged on the basis of actor appeal, the magnitude of the technicolor spectacle, number of hoof-beats per square actor. "California" fails miserably on the first two counts and barely comes within minimum standards on the last. Where the hero generally carries the plot on his godlike shoulders and livens the dialogue with sardonic humor, a miscast Ray Milland almost appears to be a slightly paunchy heel...
...Viennese scholar, they had adored each other. Ruth, the older, became a Communist first. Gerhart, who won five decorations as an officer of the Austrian Army in World War I, joined the party in the fevered days of 1918. They worked together. When Ruth, then a bundle of sex appeal and intellectual fire, went to Berlin, Gerhart followed. She became a leader of the German Communist Party, and a member of the Reichstag. But Gerhart took a different ideological tack, began to covet power for himself. He applauded when Ruth was banished from the party by the Stalinist clique. Then...
While the Crockers planned a last ditch appeal, Committee Chairman William A. Douglas explained defensively: "We have no objections to the Crockers personally, other than that they are not white...
Passing familiarity with the Cockney accent and a willingness to commute were the only requirements stipulated last night by Publicity Director Mary Chapin of the Simmons College Dramatic Club when she issued an appeal for Harvard thespians to try out for the sole male spot in the All-College-Weekend production of Ladies in Retirement...
Holton coupled his appeal for volunteer workers with an announcement that GSAS-wide elections to their own Council would be held later in the spring term...